Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Transport, Oil & Gas and Beverage sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares rose 0.02%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were CTM (CSE:CTM), which rose 6.09% or 39.00 points to trade at 679.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Afric Industries Sa (CSE:AFI) added 6.06% or 19.80 points to end at 346.80 and Agma Lahlou-Tazi (CSE:AGM) was up 4.86% or 324.00 points to 6,989.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were IB Maroc Com SA (CSE:IBC), which fell 7.82% or 2.69 points to trade at 31.71 at the close. Atlanta (CSE:ATL) declined 4.83% or 6.60 points to end at 130.00 and Med Paper (CSE:MDP) was down 2.64% or 0.51 points to 18.78.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 24 to 23 and 10 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.05% or 0.04 to $81.25 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.02% or 0.02 to hit $85.69 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 1.06% or 25.10 to trade at $2,343.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.36% to 10.64, while USD/MAD unchanged 0.01% to 9.96.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.27% at 105.51.